CC - 2009-07 - Establishing an Ad Hoc Youth Committee• •
RESOLUTION NO. 2009-07
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ROSEMEAD, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING
AN AD HOC YOUTH COMMITTEE, PROVIDING
PROCEDURES RELATING THERETO, AND SETTING
FORTH THE DUTIES OF THE COMMITTEE
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Rosemead has determined that it is appropriate
to provide programs and services to meet the social and recreational needs of local youth, and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Rosemead has determined that it is advisable
that an Ad Hoc Youth Committee be appointed to meet said goals.
NOW THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Rosemead does Resolve, Determine
and Order as Follows:
Section 1: There is hereby established an advisory Ad Hoc Youth Committee for the City
of Rosemead with membership, powers, and duties as provided herein.
Section 2: The Committee shall consist of seven (7) voting members appointed by the
Mayor with the consent of the City Council. One member shall represent each of the middle (or
intermediate) and high schools with a minimum enrollment of three hundred (300) students of
which forty percent (40%) are Rosemead residents. Remaining committee members shall be
selected at-large. All committee members must be current seventh (7th) through twelfth (1 P) grade
students thirteen (13) to eighteen (18) years old and must reside in Rosemead.
Section 3: If a member of the Committee shall be absent from three (3) consecutive
meetings of the said Committee without cause, the office of such member shall be deemed to be
vacant and the term of such member ipso facto terminated.
Section 4: The members of the Committee shall serve for terms of one year. If vacancies
shall occur, other than expiration of the term, they shall be appointed for the unexpired portion of
the term.
,Section 5: Notwithstanding the Committee's provisions of term, all members shall serve at
the will of the City Council.
Section 6: Subject to the overrule of City Council and in conformity with the Brown Act and
all other applicable laws or provisions of the Code, the Committee shall adopt such rules and
regulations as it shall deem necessary to provide for the time and place of meeting, the time and
method of electing officers, and other matters relative to the organization of the Committee and
methods of administration of its duties. The Committee shall keep a record of its resolutions,
transactions, findings and determinations, which record shall be a public record subject to
disclosure in the absence of any applicable statutory or common law exemption. All meetings shall
be open to the public.
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Section 7: The Committee shall have the following duties:
(a) To promote public and private undertakings aimed at improving the welfare of the
City's youth.
(b) To advise the City Council and educate the community on issues pertaining to youth.
(c) To advise the City Council and educate youth and their families on available youth
services and resources.
(d) To consider matters involving youth issues which may be brought to its attention or
may be referred to it by the City Council.
(e) To make such recommendations as it may deem advisable concerning youth issues to
the City Council or to other agencies and individuals.
(f) To make an annual report each fiscal year of all activities and of all disbursements
made in connection with said Committee.
Section 8: That the City Clerk of the City of Rosemead shall certify to the adoption of this
Resolution which shall become effective upon its approval by the City Council.
PASSED APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular eating of the City Council of the
City of Rosemead on the 10th day of February, 2009. 1
1.
John T
Mayor
ATTEST-
Gloria Molleda
City Clerk
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS.
CITY OF ROSEMEAD )
I, Gloria Molleda, City Clerk of the City of Rosemead, do hereby certify that the
foregoing Resolution No. 2009-07 being:
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ROSEMEAD, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING AN AD HOC YOUTH
COMMITTEE, PROVIDING PROCEDURES RELATING THERETO, AND
SETTING FORTH THE DUTIES OF THE COMMITTEE
was dul~r and regularly approved and adopted by the Rosemead City Council on
the 100 of February 2009, by the following vote to wit:
Yes: Clark, Low, Nunez, Tran
No: None
Abstain: None
Absent: Taylor
Iona Mo leda
City Clerk